	US 12,456,403 B2
	Electronic device including flexible display and method for operating electronic device
Daehee Park, Suwon-si (KR); Junghyung Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Hankon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Junkyu Park, Suwon-si (KR); Dongil Son, Suwon-si (KR); Jaehoon Song, Suwon-si (KR); Seungbo Shim, Suwon-si (KR); Duhoon Jung, Suwon-si (KR); and Myungkyoon Chung, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/296,626.
Application 18/296,626 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/018088, filed on Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0168014 (KR), filed on Dec. 4, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0019120 (KR), filed on Feb. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0245608 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01)

CPC G09G 3/035 (2020.08) [G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G09G 2340/04 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01)]

17 Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first housing;

a second housing configured to be movable relative to the first housing;

a motor configured to move the second housing so that the second housing is retracted or extended relative to the first housing;

a display configured to display a display area having a size that varies depending on a movement of the second housing;

memory storing one or more computer programs; and

one or more processors communicatively coupled to the display, the motor and the memory,

wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

in response to receiving a first designated input, switch from a display deactivation state to a display activation state, the display deactivation state comprises a state of screen-off, a state of being displayed screen-lock screen or a state of power-off of the electronic device,

control, in case that a mode in which a size of a display area is maintained at a determined size is activated and the size of the display area is different from the determined size, the motor to move the second housing so that the size of the display area is equal to the determined size, and

maintain, in case that the mode is activated and the size of the display area is equal to the determined size, the size of the display area.

13. An electronic device comprising:

a first housing;

a second housing configured to be movable relative to the first housing;

a motor configured to move the second housing so that the second housing is at least one of retracted or extended relative to the first housing;

a display configured to display a display area having a size that varies depending on a movement of the second housing;

memory storing one or more computer programs; and

one or more processors communicatively coupled to the display, the motor and the memory,

wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

identify a designated input is received on a user interface displayed on a predetermined area, wherein the user interface comprises an icon among a plurality of different icons that define various sizes of contraction or expansion of the display area, and

control, in case of selecting the icon, the motor to adjust a size of the display area to a size indicated by the selected icon.